Tri-Golf for Birmingham youngsters
Built by Rose Hill Golf Club with an all grant Sport England Award, a new, pioneering tri-golf course is now attracting the new generation of Birmingham youngsters. Birmingham City Council's Cabine |
India mauled at Galle
Even as Muttiah Muralitharan ended his test carrier in a fairy tale style, capturing the record 800th scalp with the last wicket in the match, India were mauled by the spin wizard and pace |
Pakistan finally beat Australia
After losing at the Lords, Pakistan came out as surprise winners against Australia in the second test match against Australia at Headingley on Saturday, the fourth day of the match. It was the end |
Mani says he would be happy if CWG are spoilt
Even as the two Congress governments - the centre and the Delhi state and a huge fraternity of sports persons as well as sports lovers are praying for the success of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, the |
No blood, no autobiography
The Indian little master cleared the air, as he said there will be no blood on the pages, also it is not his biography or autobiography. Tendulkar Opus is only a photographic publication, Sachin said |
Sporting flavour to Cameron's India visit
It's a deadly combination of politics and sports.
British prime minister David Cameron, who arrives in India on Tuesday on his maiden trip to the country, will be accompanied by a 100member |
TfL and Barclays Cycle Hire get enthusiastic response
Membership applications for the Mayor's flagship Barclays Cycle Hire scheme opened Friday last week and within hours, more than 1,700 people signed up as members for using London's newest public trans |
No beef at official CWG venues
The organising committee of the Delhi Commonwealth Games has finally decided that beef will not be prepared or served at the CWG venues by the organizers. Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of the comm |
CWG face terror strike threat
Punjab police have sounded a warning that Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in New Delhi in October face the threat of terror strike. Khalistani activists have been reportedly roped in for t |
Murali says 800 wickets and victory greatest moments
The Sri Lankan spin maestro termed ending his test career with the magical figure of 800 wickets and a victory against India was one of the greatest moments in his life. Murali taking Pragyan Ojha's w |
Ravi Bopara ignored for 1st test
Ravi Bopara's sparkling form with bat � two centuries on a trot for Essex in the county championships didn't move England selectors. Tim Bresnan also did not find favours with the panel, as Eoi |
HI for police probe into Kaushik misconduct
Even as former coach of India's women's hockey team M K Kaushik declared that he withdrew himself after one of the players, Ranjitha complained against him for sexual harassment, Hockey India |
Pakistan reverse Test slide
Things were looking gloomy for Pakistan a fortnight ago following their 12th consecutive Test defeat at the hands of Australia at Lord's. The margin of defeat - by 150 runs - was huge, and its scale i |
Preity, Ness face arrest for IPL team accounts
After a complaint by the Registrar of Companies (ROC), Punjab for not filing annual returns and balance sheets of the Kings XI Punjab IPL team owners, a Chandigarh court last week issued arrest warran |
Imran Khan inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame
Pakistan's World Cup winning captain Imran Khan was honoured with the Hall of Fame cap last week in London. ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt honour |
Saina closer to topple Chinese domination
Lady luck, it seems is smiling all the way on Saina Nehwal, the Indian badminton star. Having recorded a hat trick of titles in as many weeks, Saina last week improved her international ranking as she |
Fabulous footsteps for the British Asians to follow
Naynesh Desai, Chairman of the Bunbury black tie ball is doing a fantastic charity work in this country. The story is worth telling. On Thursday 6th May the world's biggest procelebrity cricket clu |
Mayor of London's Sky ride in Ealing attracts thousands of cyclists
Mayor of London, Sky, British Cycling and Ealing borough Council jointly organised Mayor of London's Sky Ride Ealing last weekend.
An estimated 13,000 people attended the event. Riders at the |
Star athletes skipping CWG irks Indian sports minister
Star athletes announcing their pull out of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games has irked Manohar Singh Gill, the sports minister of India, while IOA (Indian Olympic Association) president Suresh Kalmad |
England beat B'desh 2 1 in ODI series
After a surprise and shock 5 run victory for visitors Bangladesh at Bristol on Saturday, England almost avenged on Monday at Edgbaston to beat the rivals with a huge margin of 144 runs. Andrew Strauss |
Spain add World Cup to the European title
Reduced to a ten men team, the Netherlands failed to win the Football World Cup in their third appearance in the finals, as Spain took the trophy in their first attempt. Andres Iniesta scored the o |
Mueller bags double honour; Forlan gets Golden Ball
Germany midfielder Thomas Mueller has won the Golden Boot award for top scorer at the World Cup and was also named best young player of the tournament, while Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was |
After marriage, the endorsement bonanza for Dhoni
Mahindra Singh Dhoni, the captain of the Indian cricket team, it seems loves to live a life in T20 style - fast. After his engagement and wedding two weeks ago, Dhoni has now signed up an endorseme |
England referee Webb booed, slammed
What should have been an experience and a memory to savour for a life time turned into a bloodbath for Englishman Howard Webb, who was the referee for the FIFA World Cup 2010 final showdown between Sp |
Sangakkara wants UDRS mandatory
Kumar Sangakkara, the skipper of the Sri Lankan team is unhappy that India has refused the use of Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) for the forthcoming series. He wants the ICC to step in and ma |
Sulieman Benn again in trouble
After trouble with his captain, West Indies spinner Sulieman Benn has landed into trouble with the ICC, as he barged into the dressing room of the South African team during the recently concluded seri |
Octopus Paul retires
The German animal, octopus Paul is to retire from making predictions following his World Cup success, his owners say. Paul will go back to his old job "making children laugh", a
The German ani |
Munaf to replace Sreesanth in Sri Lanka
Indian pace attack is in trouble even before the test series in Sri Lanka has got underway. Zaheer Khan had already been ruled out due to his shoulder injury, while S Sreesanth flew in with the team, |
Bell fractures left foot, out of tests against Pak
His come back in the England has been in trouble, as Ian Bell suffered a fracture in his left foot during the second One Day International against Bangladesh in Bristol last weekend. ECB chief medi |
Shaun Tait runs through England
Australia came back energetically in the ODI series after having already lost it.
Yet, they ensured that England does not walk away with a complete white wash. Eventually, they won the last two gam |
Rafa is the Wimbledon champ again
He dominated almost the through the Sunday final at the Wimbledon centre court, as 12th seeded Czech Tomas Berdych was almost no match for Rafael Nadal. The top seeded Spaniard beat his rival 6-3, 7-5 |
A T20 style wedding for Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain of the Indian cricket team tied the nup- tial knot on Sunday with the speed of a T20 match, leaving a lot of friends and fellow cricketers in a daze of surprise at the se |
Akmal, Aamer shine in T20 win over OZ
After a long time, Pakistan registered a win against Australia in any form of cricket. On Monday at Edgbaston, playing the first T20, Pakistan scored a challenging 167 runs in their innings, with a us |
Paes � Black bag Wimbledon mixed doubles crown
Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black won the Wimbledon mixed doubles crown on Sunday in a straight set victory over South African � American pair of Wesley Moodie and Lisa Ray |
Howard rejection sparks a row at ICC
Sharad Pawar, the new President of the ICC had a task on hand immediately on assuming the new office. Rejection of John Howard, former Australian Prime Minister as the vice president sparked a row, fo |
Capello survives, Dunga fired
Debacle at the ongoing World Cup Football in South Africa has cast a pall of gloom for many. England coach and Manager Fabio Capello survived an almost certain axe, but Brazilian coach Dunga was no |
Murali declares retirement from Test cricket
Muttiah Muralithatan, the Sri Lankan spin genius has announced his retirement from Test cricket after the first test match against India this month. In an international career of 18 years, one of the |
Longest ever tennis match record at Wimbledon
Wimbledon last week stood witness to the longest ever tennis match, as American John Isner and Nicolas Mahut got their names itched on the record with an 11.05 hour marathon encounter in the first rou |
West Indies draw 2nd test with South Africa
After a high scoring game for four days at St Kitts, the result was a foregone conclusion. It was after a long time that West Indies outplayed and outscored against a formidable rival in a test m |
Saina defends Indonesia Open title
Continuing her winning streak, Saina Nehwal cel- ebrated her rise in world ranking with a third straight title in as many weeks, as she defended her Indonesia Open Super Series title on Sunday at Jaka |
Yuvi back for Sri Lanka test series
Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped for the recently concluded Asia Cup, has been recalled to India's squad for the three-Test series in Sri Lanka starting July 18.
For Suresh Raina, it is for the first |
Ross Taylor to lead NZ in Lanka tri-series
New Zealand have named a 15 man team for the tri-series to be played in Sri Lanka.
Captain Daniel Vettori and B r e n d o n McCullum have been rested, as both had also asked for leave f |
India rout Sri Lanka, clinch Asia Cup
India ended the drought of titles last week, as they reversed the poor show of Tuesday to beat Sri Lanka when it mattered the most. On Thursday, the hosts and defending champions were beaten comprehen |
Sharad Pawar is the new ICC President
Sharad Pawar, the former chief of Indian cricket board takes over as the President of the International Cricket Conference, the apex body governing the game this week. After J |
IAF honorary post for Sachin Tendlukar
The present day little mas- ter of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is all set to add another feather to his crown of glory. Indian Air Force (IAF) is keen to confer an honorary post of Group Captain |
Police guards for 'blunder referees' in the England Germany match
Fans and even players were upset, enraged as Jorge Larrionda's assistant Mauricio Espinosa disallowed a goal for England on Sunday in their match against Germany. England finally lost the match, but b |
A defeated England back home
The World Cup 2010 had perhaps the most of controversial referring, leading to FIFA chief make a climb down and agree to consider use of TV replays to try and eliminate referee errors on Tuesday. This |
England crush OZ in ODI series
Andrew Strauss continued his victory march as England under him sealed the 5 match ODI series against arch rivals Australia with an unbeatable 3 � 0 lead on Sunday at Old Trafford. Having won |
Ban overturned, yet Younis not selected for England tour
Even though the ban on him was overturned, former Pakistan skipper Younis Khan did not find favour with selectors for Pakistan's tour to England, where they play Australia and England too. |
Queen's Baton for CWG reaches India
A colourful function was held at the Wagah border near Amritsar on Friday last week. It was to mark the arrival of the Queen's Baton for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi in |
IPL's Kings XI Punjab up for sale
In keeping with her word to her Bollywood fans, Preity Zinta is ready to declare her IPL innings over as soon as the umpire (BCCI) permits. The Punjabi kudi had said she would be back to the tinsel |
Pakistan beat B'desh in the last encounter
After losing to both Sri Lanka and India, Pakistan earned a consolation vic- tory against Bangaldesh at Dambula. The Asia Cup is now poised to see a battle between India and Sri Lanka on Thursday for |
Basketball to get a major push in India
Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has entered into a 30 year deal aimed to promote the sport in the country. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Indian corporate giant and IMG are the partners to |
Serbia shock Germany, England awaits a win
Germany were shocked to a 0 - 1 defeat by Serbia, making their progress to the last 16 a nervy affair, as they have a must win game against Ghana on Wednesday to decide their fate. More problem is the |
Usman Khawaja joins OZ team to play against Pak
Usman Khawaja, a Pakistan born cricketer playing in Australia has been selected by Cricket Australia to play against Pakistan in the forth coming test series to be played in England. Usman was born |
At 72, the British Sikh athlete is still wining medals
He is an active athlete for well over 50 years now. And even at the age of 72, Jhalman Singh continues to win medals in the field. That's not all. He has also contributed to the promotion of Punjab |
Five Indians in Wimbledon Men's doubles
With veterans Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna already in the main draw, India have five players playing in men's doubles at Wimbledon this year. It is possibly an all time record numbe |
Terry almost challenges Capello, apologises
After the French rebellion, it was almost England.
John Terry almost challenged coach Fabio Capello in the hope that he had a lot of support from the players, but failed to garner any. Lat |
South Africa beat France, both exit
France met the fate most anticipated � elimination from the next round of 16, as they lost to hosts South Africa on Tuesday. To make matters more tough, they were reduced to ten men team after Yoann G |
...And now, the French Rebellion!!
The French football players returned for training on Monday after an open rebellion a day earlier on Sunday. All players unanimously staged what can perhaps described an unparalleled rebellion aga |
Kelan Patel, 5 other Brit Asian boys are Chelsea probables
Chelsea, one of the prominent British Premier League Football clubs and reigning champions of the English Premier League (EPL) has picked six boys of Asian origin under their scheme `Search for an Asi |
Saina smashes her way to Singapore title
She has done it yet again.
Yes, Saina Nehwal won her second Super Series badminton championship title on Sunday, beating a qualifier Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei 21 � 18, 21 � 15 in the finals of |
West Indies continue dismal show
South Africa win first test with a day to spare
It turned out to be rather Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel v/s West Indies, as the home team failed to tackle pace bowling of the South African duo at Por |
Sri Lanka drop Jayasuriya, Mendis
Bangladesh selectors preferred the experience of Mohammad Ashraful for their Asia Cup campaign, leaving out Aftab Ahmed from their 15 men team to play in the 4 nation tournament in Sri Lanka. Ashra |
MBE honours for Duckworth, Lewis and Kyle McCallan
Three cricket personalities were a part of the honours list last week, as Buckingham Palace hon- oured various people for their contributions in vari- ous spheres of life. Frank Duckworth and Tony |
India to play a T20 match at a Durban football stadium
The Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban is the centre of attraction for football lovers today. It will be a witness to a spe- cial celebration next year - 150th anniversary of arrival of Indians in South |
OZ to have a trial of split-innings one-dayers
Cricket Australia has decided to have a trial of split-innings one-dayers in state games next summer.
Split innings means instead of teams playing 50 overs on a trot, the two teams will bat |
India sweep Zimbabwe 2 � 0 in T20s
After a very poor tri- series, Suresh Raina led Indians displayed some creditable game to beat Zimbabwe comfortably in the two T20 internationals played at Harare on Saturday and Sunday last week at t |
Saina Nehwal claims Yonex Sunrise-India GP title
Saina Nehwal was stretched to the hilt, but finally she prevailed over her Malaysian rival Choo Wong Mew to claim the Yonex Sunrise-India Open Grand Prix gold badminton championships at Chenn |
Ashraful back in B'desh team
Bangladesh selectors preferred the experience of Mohammad Ashraful for their Asia Cup campaign, leaving out Aftab Ahmed from their 15 men team to play in the 4 nation tournament in Sri Lanka.
Ashra |
Kieswetter, Bell in England ODI team
As England is preparing to face their traditional rivals - the Australians at home for the 5 ODI series start- ing 22nd June, one of the heroes of their T20 World Cup triumph - Craig Kieswetter retain |
Green missed a save, USA hold England to a draw
Robert Green missed a save that helped USA hold England to a 1 � 1 draw in their first World Cup match. Green's error came in the 40th minute of the first half when he failed to pick up a weak hi |
LankaopentheirAsiaCup campaignwithavictory
A sensational spell of pace bowling by Lasith Malinga ended Pakistani hopes of revival of fortunes as the hosts opened their Asia Cup campaign with a 16 run victory at Dambula on Tuesday. Two hal |
BlackburnRoversmaybeanIndianownedclubsoon
There were attempts previously too, but little is known about what ultimately happened to those attempts. But this time around, the prospects seem to be really good.
Blackburn Rovers, the football |
Sachin Tendulkar a special guest at Wimbledon Royal Box
Little master of Indian cricket with a huge fan following, Sachin Tendulkar is a tennis fan himself. He is so much attracted to the game and Wimbledon in particular, that at every available opportunit |
